Barbara, Wow, that sound overwhelming and ridiculous. I have no way of guessing whether it has to do with your using the paid (Pro) version. Anyway, have you tried what others have suggested about going into the settings for the program and turning off notification? As someone has already reassured, that won't disable he scanning. It'll just stop AVG from telling you what it's doing as it works, which may be no problem for a sighted computer user but obviously steals jaws focus in this case. Good luck. Again, all I can say is that I really sympathize with your frustration. As you've seen, there's a sort of Nod 32 cult that believes AVG is entirely inferior in every way, and they will continue to encourage you to switch. And if you're already agreeable about spending money on this stuff, I suppose it may be worth a try. But I'd try first to fix this by either finding a way to turn off the notification or, if you somehow find out that the messages usually display for everyone except that Jaws doesn't get interfered with by them, then that would be something about your own video settings and that sort of thing. Which again is over my head. I can only say that I've been running AVG Free Edition for years and, no matter what the anti-AVG Nod 32 boosters say about it, I haven't had any system crashes and virus wipeouts and any of that stuff all this time, so don't worry. Also, the Pro version just has advantage about settings, support and so forth. It's not programmed any differently for its virus scanning, so far as I've ever heard from responsible sourced. So never mind people who like to say "hey, you get what you pay for, snicker snicker." People like to hear themselves say stuff like that. It feels good. But that really isn't pertinent in this case. Hope you find a solution. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bjones" <shawnee@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:36 AM Subject: RE: AVG E-mail scanning No there is no message as e-mail is downloading. I just can't do anything with my e-mail program, can't read mail, can't type, can't arrow up or down, nothing until all that mail is downloaded and scanned. It is very frustrating. The messages I referred to can happen also when trying to read e-mail but usually I am working at the time and again can't type, can't read anything on the screen and cannot use my arrow keys, nothing once again until I answer the okay or close message that comes up on the screen. I'd be thrilled to know how to configure it to do everything in the background without turning anything off but so far I'm at a loss. This is the paid version and wonder if that makes a difference but quite frankly I don't care what the program is doing as long as it is doing and letting me go about my other business. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Yardbird Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:39 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: AVG E-mail scanning AVG is perfectly accessible out of the box, too, and what this person's complaining about doesn't happen to everyone. I've used AVG Free Edition over several versions, for years, and have never had my composition or reading of emails been interfered with by AVG describing what it's doing to scan that stuff as it goes. It may be that those messages, which I'm supposing appear onscreen but aren't much of a bother to a sighted user, could be silenced by adjusting something that's affecting Jaws's focus. But maybe someone else knows for sure. But you certainly don't have to disable your email scanning capability. Maybe it's what someone else said, that you go into a properties dialogue and uncheck notification. Maybe that turns off these messages, which are meant to be reassuring but obviously aren't very much fun for a Jaws user who has to hear them. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "stunnerstud" <stunnerstud@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:57 AM Subject: Re: AVG E-mail scanning this is why i use nod32, no work arounds, it's accessible out of the box and it's just a better program. Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: bjones To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: RE: AVG E-mail scanning So if you turn this feature off do you still get protection? I have the paid version of AVG and am disappointed and annoyed at the interference this program causes while I read e-mail, work and try to use my computer. When e-mail is being scanned I cannot read my other mail. If I am working I get all the messages that it is updating or scanning and I cannot continue until I press okay or close. So maybe there is also a place to check to have it run in the background instead of interfering with everything else. Anyone know? Thanks Barbara -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert McCoy Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:16 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: AVG E-mail scanning Yes. In AVG, go to control system and hit the space bar. Tab to the list menu and arrow to e-mail scanner. Tab to properties and activate it. Tab to configure and activate it. Tab to turn on notification (or something like that) and uncheck it (I believe it is the second tab). Tab to okay Robert McCoy Home (506) 459-6636 Your community needs you, get involved by volunteering From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cal Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:54 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: AVG E-mail scanning Is there any way to shut off the notice No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.3/986 - Release Date: 9/3/2007 9:31 AM Which appears at the end of incoming E-mails? I'm using the free version and thought I had E-mail scanning turned off. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/988 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 9:14 AM -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx